Marlin realizes his son Nemo has been taken by strangers, and he must go after him.

Summary:

A hero feels like something's missing his/her life and a call to action leads them on the journey.

Nemo's refusal of call is after his father catches up with the school children. His dad orders him to stay and then return. Nemo goes towards a mysterious boat and refuses his dad's instructions to come back to the group as his father feels there is danger present.

Summary:

The hero initially refuses the call.

Dory, helps Marlin in his journey to find Nemo.

Summary:

A mentor/ someone that helps the hero on his journey

Bruce is the threshold guardian. He is the threshold guardian because he tried to eat Dory and Marlin but they were able to escape.

Summary:

a character who stands between the hero and their goal.

Marlin crosses the threshold when he goes into the deep ocean

Summary:

the final separation from the hero's known world and self.

escaping from a vegetarian shark, being attacked by an anglerfish, getting directions from a school of moonfish, and surviving a sea of jellyfish.

Summary:

The hero faces a series of test against them

Nemo's goddess is the fish Gill, who lives in the tank. He inspires Nemo and helps him believe that there is a way to escape. He acts as a mentor to Nemo and even a savior later in the movie.

Summary:

The goddess represents the feminine and the entire universe and they protect you

Nemo thinking he will get flushed down the toilet, pretends to be dead. Marlin sees him from the window and thinks he really is, becomes sad and discouraged, not knowing that Nemo is really alive, and wants to give up and go home because he thinks his journey is over.

Summary:

In this step, the hero faces those temptations, often of a physical or pleasurable nature, that may lead them to abandon or stray from their quest,

when Marlin saves nemo and relizes hes going to have to let his sun grow and learn on his own.

Summary:

the hero must confront and be initiated by whatever holds the ultimate power in their life

When all the fish are stuck in the net Marin motivates them by telling them what Dory told him in the beginning

summary:

the hero reaches some sort of higher understanding that equips them for the final, most difficult stages of their journey/transformation

when Nemo is reunited with his father.

Summary:

the achievement of the goal of the quest. It is what the hero went on the journey to get.

when the giant fishing net captures his and his fathers new friend, Dory. Nemo refuses to return without saving her and will do whatever he can to do

Summary:

If the hero's journey has been victorious, he may be reluctant to return to the ordinary world of his prior life.

when he uses the new found knowledge and teaches his father that if all the fish swim downward they can cause resistance on the net.

Summary:

the hero begins the final stage of his adventure

a divine state of love that Nemo feels for his father that he hadn't shown at this point.

Summary:

The hero may have to be brought back from his supernatural adventure by assistance from without

Marlin and Nemo and Dory return from the deep sea

Summary: Returning from the other world

Marlin saves Nemo and comes back home, where he becomes the master of two worlds.

Summary:

when heroes have successfully navigated both the external challenges of the physical world and the internal challenges

Nemo has gained the freedom to live. His father now knows that Nemo has the independence to make choices on his own and he proved that throughout the journey.

Summary:

living in the moment, neither anticipating the future nor regretting the past.